28th Sunday of the Year B

​A Prayer for Peace composed by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem †Pierbattista Card. Pizzaballa
 
Lord our God, Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, and Father of all mankind, who in the cross of Your Son and through the gift of His own life, at great cost You wished to destroy the wall of enmity and hostility that separates peoples and makes us enemies:
 
Send into our hearts the gift of the Holy Spirit, that He may purify us from every feeling of violence, hatred and revenge, enlighten us to understand the irrepressible dignity of every human person, and inflame us to the point of consumption for a peaceful and reconciled world in truth and justice, in love and freedom.
 
Almighty and eternal God, in Your hands are the hopes of men and the rights of every people: Assist with Your wisdom those who govern us, so that, with Your help, they will become sensitive to the sufferings of the poor and of those who suffer the consequences of violence and war; may they promote the common good and lasting peace in our region and throughout the earth.
 
Virgin Mary, Mother of Hope, obtain the gift of peace for the Holy Land that gave birth to you, and for the whole world. Amen.